softail oiltank breather

[budbombpipe]

building a shovelhead motor in a softail frame, just noticed that the softail oiltank has no breather. Its an early tank with an outlet and an inlet at the bottom of tank, there is also a drain plug but no breather. Does this tank have/need one? My shovel has a breather in the tank as does a mates dyna and i've seen other softails with breather pipes, but not this one, anyone out there help? thanks.

[budbombpipe]

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[Phil]

Early as in early Softail?
All early Softail tanks have four outlets. Two at the front: Return & Breather. Two at the rear: Feed & Drain.

[budbombpipe]

Originally Posted by Phild

Early as in early Softail?
All early Softail tanks have four outlets. Two at the front: Return & Breather. Two at the rear: Feed & Drain.

Can only see 2 at front, and one drain at the rear on mine.Can't see anywhere where one has been removed either. Confused help!!

[Phil]

You must have an early `chopper style` tank.
You need one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HARLE...13875931QQrdZ1

[budbombpipe]

Do you know which way round the 2 at the front go? ie which is the return and which is the breather? thanks.

[Phil]

If you peek into the tank with a torch, you should see that one exits directly from the bottom of the tank. The other is attached to a tube which continues up the inside of the tank almost to the top, that one is the return. The other is of course the feed.